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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 19-11-2019 and time 14:56:01 (UTC) in region 4 km SE Castel di Lucio (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Castel di Lucio (ME), on

  • 19-11-2019 14:56:01 (UTC)
  • 19-11-2019 15:56:01 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8560, 14.3420 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Castel di Lucio ME 5 1294 1294
Mistretta ME 9 4791 6085
Sperlinga EN 10 805 6890
Capizzi ME 12 3176 10066
Nicosia EN 13 13899 23965
Reitano ME 13 806 24771
Pettineo ME 13 1350 26121
Gangi PA 14 6811 32932
Motta d'Affermo ME 14 739 33671
San Mauro Castelverde PA 15 1701 35372
Cerami EN 15 2006 37378
Geraci Siculo PA 17 1945 39323
Tusa ME 17 2925 42248
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 18 4694 46942

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.0 2019-11-19
14:56:01		 37.8563 14.3423 10 2020-02-28
16:42:15		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74936481
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2019-11-19
14:56:01		 37.9032 14.3332 10 2019-11-19
15:01:58		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73923311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-19 14:56:01 ± 0.19
Latitude 37.8563 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.3423 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74936481

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1181
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 724
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 194
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1180.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 25
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18076
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.27344
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74936481
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-30 13:22:58

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73923311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-19 15:01:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:24.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 291 75.4689 50 0.36 47
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:23.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 154 141.3474 50 -0.89 50
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-11-19T14:56:20.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 66 111.3996 50 0.03 46
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2019-11-19T14:56:17.77 0.6 undecidable manual P 70 94.0392 50 0.4 45
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:17.05 0.6 undecidable manual P 131 95.5377 50 -0.55 43
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:17.70 0.6 undecidable manual P 273 91.0422 50 0.79 39
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:16.76 0.6 undecidable manual P 59 90.243 50 -0.03 48
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:14.37 0.6 undecidable manual P 291 75.4689 50 -0.14 49
IV.IVPL.HNE. 2019-11-19T14:56:14.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 44 80.1642 50 -0.6 43
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-11-19T14:56:14.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 80 78.9654 50 -0.19 48
IV.IACL.HHE. 2019-11-19T14:56:13.58 0.6 undecidable manual P 1 75.0693 50 -0.87 39
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:13.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 140 73.0713 50 -0.35 70
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:13.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 75 31.9458 50 1 40
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:12.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 48 29.3484 50 0.41 50
IV.GIB.HHE. 2019-11-19T14:56:12.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 298 31.4463 50 0.15 53
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:10.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 311 23.0547 50 0.2 53
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:10.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 290 26.4513 50 -0.12 54
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:09.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 263 20.0688 117 0.29 52
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:08.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 152 29.4483 50 1.23 53
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:07.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 48 29.3484 50 -0.11 80
IV.GIB.HHE. 2019-11-19T14:56:07.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 298 31.4463 50 -0.28 77
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:07.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 75 31.9458 50 0.12 53
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:06.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 290 26.4513 50 -0.44 100
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:06.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 23.0547 50 0.03 82
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-11-19T14:56:06.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 263 20.0688 117 0.23 79
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003110476 0.7296 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:12.42
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000255612 0.4224 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:12.31
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.2 0.0010587331500000001 0.4352 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:12.99
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0010905 0.36 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:12.98
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00122522805 0.3328 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:13.00
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.00086926235 0.5632 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:14.18
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00089972285 0.3584 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:13.96
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00023325135000000003 0.5248 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:14.23
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00012953465 0.4608 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:15.39
IV.SOLUN.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00024168895000000002 0.4992 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:26.41
IV.SOLUN.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00022007275000000001 0.6016 AML other m 2019-11-19T14:56:26.63
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